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| CJ hints at guidelines for protecting minorities |
| 2014-05-15 |
| [DAWN] Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani on Tuesday hinted at framing guidelines for law-enforcement agencies for protection of minorities' rights. "We believe that the Constitution has set goals, pledges and commitments that the nation has vowed to live by and to achieve these dreams we may develop guidelines for the protection of rights of minorities," observed the chief justice who heads a three-judge bench hearing a suo motu ...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means I saw what you did, you bastard... case relating to the Sept 22, 2013 kaboom on a church in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. . Over 80 Christians were killed in the attack. The court observed that desecration of places of worship of any faith attracted blasphemy laws under Section 295 of the Pakistain Penal Code (PPC) and indicated that it would consider the role of police in protecting the rights of minorities in an effective manner or suggest raising an alternative special force for the purpose. The case was taken up on an application of Nadeem Sheikh and Saleem Michael, the in-charge of minority wing of Justice Help Line. Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, patron of the Pakistain Hindu Council (PHC), informed the court that six incidents of desecration of temples and places of worship in Sindh had taken place over the past two months and regretted that the attackers could not be brought to justice because cases had not been registered under relevant laws. |
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